Dawn of Thursday 16 February
Saptamī is absent from aruṇodaya. Not taken.
05:24 aruṇodaya beginssunrise 07:10
05:0005:2405:4806:1206:3607:0007:24
0 of 106 minutes covered
Ruling · Ratha Saptamī · 1967
Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 100 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Aruṇodaya is 2 muhūrtas before sunrise.
Dawn of Thursday 16 February
Saptamī is absent from aruṇodaya. Not taken.
0 of 106 minutes covered
Dawn of Friday 17 February
Taken. The only dawn Saptamī reaches.
106 of 106 minutes covered
Aṅga
Saptamī runs from 08:50 on Thu 16 Feb to 11:03 on Fri 17 Feb.
1967-02-16T00:49:52Z → 1967-02-17T03:02:41Z
Kāla
Aruṇodaya is 2 muhūrtas before sunrise: 05:24–07:10 on the 16th, 05:23–07:09 on the 17th.
arunodaya: prev-night-muhurta-14-15 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Saptamī must be present during aruṇodaya. It covers 0 of 106 minutes on the 16th and 106 of 106 on the 17th.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 105
Tie-break
Only one dawn qualifies. No tie-break is needed.
priority: unstated → only-day · margin 5998 s
Ruling
Ratha Saptamī, Baoding, 1967: Friday 17 February.
confidence: determinate
In Baoding, Ratha Saptamī 1967 falls on Friday 17 February. Saptamī runs from 08:50 on Thu 16 Feb to 11:03 on Fri 17 Feb and covers all of aruṇodaya that dawn.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Fri 17 Feb |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Fri 17 Feb |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Fri 17 Feb |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Baoding. | ||
Institutional rulings are recorded with a source address, and are never edited to agree.
/rules/ratha-saptami · ruleset 2026.3-draft
“S 7 Ratha saptami (covering 4 ghatikas before sunrise), Acala saptami, Vidhana saptami, Arogya saptami [purvaviddha].” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 105.
Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.
| Place | Saptamī | Aruṇodaya 16th | Covered | Aruṇodaya 17th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 16:50 → 19:03 | 04:53 | 104 min | 04:53 | 0 min | 16 Feb |
| Chicago | 18:50 → 21:03 | 04:59 | 107 min | 04:58 | 0 min | 16 Feb |
| Jersey City | 19:50 → 22:03 | 05:03 | 107 min | 05:02 | 0 min | 16 Feb |
| Port of Spain | 20:50 → 23:03 | 04:49 | 98 min | 04:49 | 0 min | 16 Feb |
| London | 00:50 → 03:03 | 05:22 | 112 min | 05:21 | 0 min | 16 Feb |
| Durban | 02:50 → 05:03 | 04:10 | 87 min | 04:10 | 52 min | 16 Feb |
| Dubai | 04:50 → 07:03 | 05:12 | 102 min | 05:11 | 101 min | 16 Feb |
| Delhi | 06:20 → 08:33 | 05:17 | 40 min | 05:17 | 102 min | 17 Feb |
| Kolkata | 06:20 → 08:33 | 04:28 | 0 min | 04:27 | 101 min | 17 Feb |
| Singapore | 08:20 → 10:33 | 05:11 | 0 min | 05:11 | 95 min | 17 Feb |
| Sydney | 10:50 → 13:03 | 04:05 | 0 min | 04:06 | 86 min | 17 Feb |
| Suva | 12:50 → 15:03 | 04:30 | 0 min | 04:30 | 91 min | 17 Feb |